 To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business of the world, is to step out of a palace of enchantment into the cold gray light of a polar day. But the spells in which this sorcerer deals have no affinity with that drug from Egypt, which drowns...  Bentley's Quarterly Review - Page 711859Full view - About this book
 | 1893 - 958 pages
...with which Mr. Gladstone concludes his Studies on Homer : — "To pass from the study of Homer to the business of the world is to step out of a palace of...light of a polar day. But the spells in which this enchanter deals have no affinity with that drug from Egypt which drowns the spirit in effeminate indifference;... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1858 - 538 pages
...to be no empty boast : " Nemesis must not find me, ij vur £i)0ui'ovr', r*/ vtrrcpoi- avOit iovra. To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business...the spirit in effeminate indifference : rather they are like the yap/lan iaOXov, the remedial specific, which, freshening the understanding by contact... | |
 | 1858 - 538 pages
...no empty boast: " Nemesis must not find me, i/ vuv lqOvrorr', v varcpov avSic lii'ra. To pass fi\nn the study of Homer to the ordinary business of the...the spirit in effeminate indifference : rather they are like the tpappaKnv ioO\ov, the remedial specific, which, freshening the understanding by contact... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1858 - 536 pages
...shown to be no empty boast : " Nemesis must not find me, i; vvy ctiOurorr', ii voripnv avtits iwra. To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business...sorcerer deals have no affinity with that drug from Kgvpt, which drowns the spirit in efi'emiuate indifference : rather they arc like the yuppaKnv iaQ\ov,... | |
 | William Ewart Gladstone - 1858 - 652 pages
...own day, it is full time to part. Nemesis must not find mef, T/ vvv bi]OvvovT, ri varepov av$is loma. To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business of the world is to step out of a palace of enchantments into the cold grey light of a polar day. But the spells, in which this sorcerer deals,... | |
 | 1859 - 676 pages
...our own day, it is full time to part. Nemesis must not find me, r) vvv Sr)dvvovr', TJ v&repov avdis "ovra. To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary...the spirit in effeminate indifference : rather they are like the (papnaicov trrd\ov, the remedial specific, which, freshening the understanding by contact... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1873 - 362 pages
...shown to be no empty boast : ' Nemeeis must not find me, $1 vvv SrlOvvoyT't § varfpov a^Ois MVTOI. To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business...the spirit in effeminate indifference : rather they are like the ipap/uiKov laO\liv, the remedial specific, which, freshening the understanding by contact... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1873 - 356 pages
...have shown to be no empty boast : ' Nemesis must not find me, ^ vw 8ijSwwr' , % varipov o?fii« UvTa. To pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business...the cold gray light of a polar day. But the spells iu which this sorcerer deals have no affinity with that drug from Egypt, which drowns the spirit in... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1879 - 640 pages
...Mr. Gladstone himself touches upon the pleasing and engrossing nature of his task. He observes that to pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business of the world is to step out of a palace of enchantments into the cold grey light of a polar day. ' But the spells,' he adds, ' in which this sorcerer... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1880 - 624 pages
...Mr. Gladstone himself touches upon the pleasing and engrossing nature of his task. He observes that to pass from the study of Homer to the ordinary business of the world is to step out of a palace of enchantments into the cold grey light of a polar day. ' But the spells, ' he adds, ' in which this... | |
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